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Ch.12 - The Presidency
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Political Studies
Undergraduate 1
05/03/2009

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Term

Constitutional Requirements to become President

 

Who is typically elected?

Definition

at least 35 years old

US Resident for 14 years

Natural born citizen

 

Typically: served in some high office (VP, member of congress, governor, top executive)

White Males(although this is changing!)

Term

4 Constitutional Powers of President

(example of each)

Definition

1. Commander-In-Chief of the Military:  can send troops into conflict w/ out Congressional declaration of War (all America's recent wars(Korea to Iraq) have been presidential military actions)

 

2. Chief Diplomat for Foreign Relations: Sets direction for foreign policy, appoints ambassadors, propose treaties, make executive agreements w/ other heads of state

(more than 10,000 since WWII)

 

3. Chief Executive over Administrative Agencies:  appoints heads of bureaucracy with senate approval, constitutional requirement to "faithfully execute" laws

(Obama appointed Hilary Clinton as Sec. of State in Dec. 2008)

 

4. Legislative Leader: proposes legislation of initiatives, vetoes legislation, state of the union address sets presidential agenda

(Obama signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act)

Term
Impeachment Process
Definition
The House of Rep. decides by a majority vote whether the president should be impeached (placed on trial),and the Senate conducts the trial and then votes on the president's case, with a 2/3's vote required for removal from office
Term
Who are the presdients who have been Considered for impeachment?
Definition

1868: Andrew JOhnson came within 1 vote from being removed for harsh Reconstruction policies after the Civil War

 

1974: Richard Nixon resignation halted Congressional proceedings on the Watergate affair that almost certainly would have ended in his impeachment

 

1998: Bill Clinton was authorized and investigation into the Monica Lewinsky affair but charges had grown out of extramarital affair than a gross abuse of executive power

Term
Organization of the Executive Branch of Gov't
Definition
COnsists of Vice President and 18 staff agencies that carry out major duties for President
Term

Important Agencies found in the Executive office of the President

(4)

Definition

1. the White House Office (WHO)

2. The National Security Council (NSC)

3. The office of Management and Budget (OMB)

4. The National Economic Council (NEC)

Term
15 Cabinent level departments
Definition

1. Sec. of State

2. Sec. of Defense

3. Sec. of the Interior

4. Sec. of Commerce

5. Sec. of Health and Human Service

6. Sec. of Transportation

7. Sec. of Education

8. sec. of Treasury

9. Attorney General

10. Sec. of Agriculture

11. Sec. of Labor

12. Sec. of Housing and Urban Developement

13. Sec. of Energy

14. US Trade Representative

15. Sec. of Veterans Affairs

 

Term

Purpose of Electoral College

 

How does it Work?

Definition

An electoral vote system, the president was to be chosen by electors picked by the states, with each state entitled one elector for each of its members of congress.

 

Each party in a state has a separate slate of electors who gain the right to cast a state's electoral votes if their party's candidate places first in the state's popular voting

Term
Two key factors in winning a party's presidential nomination
Definition
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